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blåruss

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. avgangselev med studiespesialisering innenfor bedriftsøkonomi eller handels- og kontorfag;
    russ (I)a school leaver (in the Norwegian spring graduation celebration) med blå lue eller russedressa leavers' boiler suit;
    til forskjell fra rødrussa school leaver on the general academic track
    final-year pupil specialising in business economics or commercial and office subjects;
    a graduating pupilruss (I) with a blue cap or a leavers' boiler suitrussedress;
    as opposed to a school leaver on the general academic trackrødruss
  2. nedsettende: ensidig, selvsikker person med næringslivsutdanning og liten fagkompetanse i feltet han eller hun er ansatt i derogatory: a narrow-minded, self-assured person with a business education and little professional competence in the field they are employed in
    • pengefikserte blåruss som bare skjønner seg på penger og ikke på fag money-obsessed business types who understand only money and nothing of the subject